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Kiwi mum curses Isis

A former New Zealander now living in Denmark says her son was killed when he travelled to Syria to fight with Isis after authorities failed to stop him.

'Experiment' asks women to wear hijab

A local council in Victoria has created controversy by asking non-Islamic women to wear hijabs in a 'social experiment' to increase awareness and education.

Women sold to Isis as 'gifts'

Yazidi women released by Isis this week have given distressing accounts of their ordeals.

Jihadi John's mother: 'That's my son!'

The mother of Mohammed Emwazi realised seven months ago that her son was the masked killer known as Jihadi John but failed to tell the authorities.

Terence O'Brien: Iraq mission case of misguided foreign policy

The decision to commit NZ military contingent to Iraq is a case of misguided foreign policy.

Police failed to alert families of Isis recruits - lawyer

The police and intelligence agencies faced demands for an inquiry over how three young British schoolgirls were able to head for Syria.

Life in Isis: Blood & boredom

When Isis took over Raqqa, a wave of black swept over the city. It's turned into a grim prison for residents - with no escape in sight.

UK schoolgirls head for Syria

Scotland Yard has warned of a growing trend of young women travelling to Syria after launching an urgent appeal to find three teenage schoolgirls.

The Palestinian cartoonist who dared draw Mohamed

Mohammed Sabaaneh's 'favourable' depiction of the Prophet saw him suspended from his job and under investigation. He tells Ben Lynfield in Ramallah that he just wanted to make people think.

The role of Isis women

The role of British female jihadists in inciting terrorism in the UK has been uncovered by the ICSR which has identified a group of around 30 female Britons based in northern

Security tight across Europe

Europe is on high alert following anti-terror raids and arrests of suspected Islamist militants.

Girls choose death over rape

Captured Yazidi girls in Iraq are killing themselves to escape rape and torture at the hands of Isis (Islamic State) militants holding them prisoner.

The men who killed children

Horrifying pictures have emerged showing the Taliban gun squad who slaughtered 132 innocent children - as a new threat to kill schoolkids was revealed.

School attack the work of 'savages'

A Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan that killed 132 children has been widely condemned as un-Muslim, abhorrent, inhumane and disgusting.

Isis recruitment

Siege 'elephant in the room' - NZ judge

A New Zealand judge has made reference to the Sydney siege as “the elephant in the room” while sentencing a man who shouted jihadist slogans at a Muslim leader.

NZ Muslims in tears over support

New Zealand Muslims were brought to tears by a social media display of solidarity in Sydney during the Lindt cafe siege.

Aid worker likely killed by gunshot

Peter Kassig, the American aid worker murdered by Isis (Islamic State) in Syria, may have been killed by a gunshot wound rather than beheading, analysis has suggested.